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	The Accidental President of Brazil, A Memoir • Bill Clinton • Fernando Henrique Cardoso • HISTORY • Brazil's former president, in office from 1995-2002, offers a candid, wry, illuminating view of the gloriously ungovernable, irrepressibly attractive country in this vibrant memoir. (BZL58, $15.95)
	Aconcagua Map • Cordee • A topographic map at a scale of 1:50,000. (AND41, $13.95)
	Aconcagua, A Climbing Guide • R.J. Secor • Uma Kukathas • Crystal Thomas • Ralph Hopkins • GUIDEBOOK • A guidebook to South America's tallest mountain, highlighting 27 different routes to the summit. (AND40, $16.95)
	Aconcagua: Summit of the Americas • Ed Darack • GUIDEBOOK • A sturdy series of maps at various scales with topographic detail, countour lines, and routes. (AND42, $15.00)
	Argentina, 1516-1987: From Spanish Colonization to Alfonsin • David Rock • HISTORY • A highly readable, comprehensive history of Argentina since colonization. (ARG07, $29.95)
	Argentina, What Went Wrong • Colin M. MacLachlan • HISTORY • (ARG66, $49.95)
	Ariel • Carlos Fuentes • José Enrique Rodó • HISTORY • The classic turn of the century essay on culture, aesthetics and democracy in Latin America and the world.. (ARG16, $18.95)
	At Home in Buenos Aires • Edward Shaw • Reto Guntli • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN JANUARY • A handsome, illustrated overview of history, architecture and design in Buenos Aires. (ARG33, $50.00)
	Birds of Chile • Alvaro Jaramillo • FIELD GUIDE • A compact, comprehensive guide to 473 species in the Princeton Field Guide series, featuring range maps and designed for easy field reference. (CHI50, $29.95)
	Birds of Southern South America & Antarctica • Martin D. la Pena • Maurice Rumboll • FIELD GUIDE • A compact regional guide with color plates, range maps and brief descriptions. (SAM12, $29.95)
	Blow-Up and Other Stories • Julio Cortazar • LITERATURE • Surreal stories from one of the great masters of Latin American short fiction. More Argentine in sensibility than setting. (ARG20, $14.00)
	Bone Hunters in Patagonia: Narrative of the Expedition • J.B. Hatcher • EXPLORATION • A classic account of paleontological discovery in remote Patagonia, originally published in 1903 as part of Hatcher's multi-volume expedition report. (PAT21, $22.00)
	Bradt Guide Chile • Tim Burford • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide from the popular Bradt series. (CHI59, $24.95)
	The Brazil Reader: History, Culture, Politics • Robert M. Levine • John J. Crocitti • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • OUT OF PRINT • A diverse selection of letters, interviews and other documents from early colonization to contemporary literature, this book is an excellent overview of the history and culture of Brazil. (BZL12, $25.95)
	Brazil: Amazon & Pantanal, Travellers' Wildlife Guides • Les Beletsky • David Pearson • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive handbook to the flora, fauna and habitats of Brazil. The 100 color plates feature 90 species of amphibians and reptiles, 310 birds, 70 mammals, 30 insects and 50 common trees and plants. (BZL30, $27.95)
	The Brazilians • Joseph Page • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A clear, comprehensive and compelling introduction to Brazil, covering politics, history, economics, ecology, conservation and culture. (AMZ16, $22.95)
	The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes: Chile • Jua Linz • HISTORY • (CHI68, $25.00)
	Buenos Aires Map • Auto Mapa • A detailed city map. (ARG05, $13.95)
	Buenos Aires, Cities of the Imagination • Alberto Manguel • Jason Wilson • ANTHOLOGY • Wilson evokes the magic of the city as seen through its writers, artists and musicians in this exhilarating, erudite guide. (ARG21, $15.00)
	Cape Horn • Felix Riesenberg • William A. Briesemeister • EXPLORATION • Captain Riesenberg writes from his own experience as a mariner, weaving a lively tale of exploration and discovery in this masterful history of the Horn, first published in 1939. (PAT10, $39.95)
	The Captain's Verses, The Love Poems • Pablo Neruda • Donald D. Walsh • LITERATURE • A bilingual edition of Neruda's subtle and sweet love poems, published in 2004 to coincide with his centennial. (CHI60, $12.95)
	Changing Course, The Capitalist Revolution in Argentina • William Ratliff • HISTORY • A study on Argentina's rush to the market by William Ratliff. (ARG64, $5.00)
	Chile in Focus • Nick Caistor • GUIDEBOOK • Authoritative and up-to-date, this slim guide focuses on the history of Chile, its cultural heritage and the political, environmental and economic challenges of the post-Pinochet era. With maps, photographs and some travel information. (CHI35, $12.95)
	Chile Map • Auto Mapa • A road and travel map of Chile, including bordering regions of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru at a scale 1:2,250,000. (CHI05, $14.95)
	Circle of Love Over Death, Testimonies of the Mothers of the Plaza De Mayo • Matilde Mellibovsky • HISTORY • Startling testimonies of mothers who lost their children to torture, death or "disappearance" during Argentina's "Dirty War." (ARG29, $14.95)
	Civil Society and Democracy in Latin America • Richard Feinberg • HISTORY • (SAM90, $74.95)
	The Commanding Heights, The Battle for the World Economy • Daniel Yergin • HISTORY • (GEN368, $16.00)
	Conquistadors • Michael Wood • HISTORY • A lively, illustrated account of the Spanish conquest of the New World by the intrepid writer-filmmaker Michael Wood, (SAM48, $22.95)
	Crony Capitalism and Economic Growth in Latin America, Theory and Evidence • Step Haber • HISTORY • (SAM89, $15.00)
	A Desert Calling, Life in a Forbidding Landscape • Michael Mares • Stephen Jay Gould • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A lively memoir and account of field research -- and the search for desert mammals -- in remote Argentina, Iran and Egypt. (DES09, $29.95)
	The Discoverers • Daniel Boorstin • EXPLORATION • This wide-ranging and readable account of exploration by Daniel Boorstin includes a chapter on some of the great sea voyages, including Magellan's voyage to Tierra del Fuego and Cook's extraordinary journey into the Southern Ocean. (EXP01, $18.95)
	The Economic History of Latin America since Independence • Victor Bulmer-Thomas • HISTORY • This popular textbook, organized thematically, covers the economic history of Latin America from the 1820s to the present. (SAM88, $34.99)
	Evolution, The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory • Edward Larson • NATURAL HISTORY • A clearheaded, engrossing brief history of ideas about evolution from the 18th century to the present by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. (NAT64, $14.95)
	The Explorers of South America • Edward Goodman • EXPLORATION • A narrative history of exploration from Christopher Columbus to the 19th century, with journal excerpts, diaries and other writings of the explorers themselves. (SAM10, $24.95)
	Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism • Domingo Faustino Sarmiento • HISTORY • A classic 19th Century essay on the reigning dictator, his rise to power, and the corresponding currents of barbarism in Argentine history and culture. (ARG18, $16.00)
	Far Away and Long Ago • W.H. Hudson • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Hudson's enthralling childhood remembrances are rich with descriptions of landscapes, birds and nature. (SAM11, $34.95)
	The Far Side of the World • Patrick O'Brian • LITERATURE • O'Brian takes readers on an adventure around Cape Horn in this enthralling Aubrey and Maturin tale, featuring evocative descriptions of the wildlife of Patagonia and Galapagos and a vivid portrait of Nelson's British Navy. (SAM01, $13.95)
	Five Decades, Poems 1925-1970 • Pablo Neruda • LITERATURE • A bilingual edition of 138 poems by the great Pablo Neruda, drawn from his entire career. Neruda is the quintessential South American poet: lyrical, engaging, and bristling with life. (CHI10, $15.00)
	Footprint Argentina Handbook • Christabelle Dilks • GUIDEBOOK • This compact guide is nicely divided between a general overview of Argentina and practical travel detail on where to go and what to do. (ARG35, $24.95)
	The Gaucho Martin Fierro • Jose Hernandez • Alberto Carlos • Frank G. Carrino • LITERATURE • The classic 19th century epic poem about a savage way of life in the pampas of Argentina. (ARG17, $12.95)
	Gauchos and the Vanishing Frontier • Richard Slatta • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A thorough, lively study of the gaucho, including the history and culture of Argentina and Brazil's famous cowboys. (ARG06, $27.00)
	Glacier Ice • Austin Post • Edward R. LaChapelle • NATURAL HISTORY • A classic book of extraordinary black-and-white aerial photographs of mountains and glaciers by two devoted men of ice. The text is by Ed LaChapelle, an avalanche researcher, glaciologist, mountaineer, skier, author and professor, who died in 2007 at 80 of a heart attack while on the slopes in Colorado. Austin Post's stunning aerial photographs of glaciers along the North Pacific Coast of North America and into the interior ranges of Alaska is supplemented with groundbased photographs from the Himalayas, Switzerland, Chile, and other parts of the world. (SCI07, $27.95)
	A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela • Steven Hilty • Guy Tudor • J.A. Gwynne • FIELD GUIDE • The classic South American bird guide, revised and expanded by Steve Hilty. A bit hefty for a field guide at just over 4 pounds, but still an essential reference to over 1,400 bird species. Travelers in the Brazilian Amazon will find it especially useful. (FG13, $59.50)
	H.W. Tilman, The Eight Sailing/Mountain-Exploration Books • H. W. Tilman • EXPLORATION • An omnibus featuring Tilman's adventures aboard the Mischief, his base for exploring the mountains of the Southern Ocean archipelagos, Patagonia and the Arctic; a wry, cantankerous and entertaining writer. (EXP13, $38.00)
	Heading South, Looking North • Ariel Dorfman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • In this exhilerating memoir, Dorman interweaves the wild story of his life before 1973 with an account of the coup that put the militrary dictator Pinochet into power. (CHI22, $15.00)
	A History of Modern Brazil, The Past Against the Future • Colin M. MacLachlan • HISTORY • (BZL57, $27.95)
	The House of the Spirits • Isabel Allende • Magda Bogin • LITERATURE • A compulsively readable novel chronicling real and imagined events surrounding the extended Trueba clan from the turn of the 20th century to 1973, much in the spirit of One Hundred Years of Solitude. (CHI02, $7.99)
	Imagining Argentina • Lawrence Thornton • LITERATURE • A brilliant first novel that captures the hope and spirit of Argentina during the military rule of the late 1970s. This inventive tale focuses on Carlos Rueda and a group of citizens whose relatives disappeared. (ARG01, $15.00)
	Insight Guide Amazon Wildlife • Huw Hennessy • Hans-Ulrich Bernard • GUIDEBOOK • Jammed with photographs, this compact guide introduces the people, wildlife, habitats, parks and preserves of the Amazon basin. (AMZ03, $22.95)
	Insight Guide Argentina • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A lavishly illustrated overview of Argentine history, nature and attractions with great maps. (ARG02, $23.95)
	Insight Guide Chile • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This glossy guide is a full-color introduction by a team of experts to the land, people, history and attractions of Chile. Brief background essays highlight important topics and the many local and regional maps are outstanding. (CHI03, $23.95)
	The Invention of Argentina • Nicolas Shumway • HISTORY • An illuminating intellectual history of Argentina, this book brings the founding fathers of the republic to life, deftly portraying the revolution against Spain in 1810 and its immediate aftermath. (ARG08, $25.95)
	Kiss of the Spider Woman • Manuel Puig • LITERATURE • The psychological story of a friendship between two Argentinean prisoners jailed for their subversive activity: Molina, a transgendered homosexual and Valentin, a socialist revolutionary. (ARG28, $13.95)
	Labyrinths, Selected Stories and Other Writings • Jorge Borges • LITERATURE • The best known work by this extraordinary writer. Sometimes bizarre, always hilarious and thought-provoking, this dazzling collection of stories is well worth the effort. (ARG09, $14.95)
	Lake District, Araucania: Argentina & Chile • Zagier & Urruty Maps • A full color traveler's map of mid-section of Chile and Argentina with a focus on the popular region from Bariloche across to Puerto Montt. At a scale of 1:400,000 with roads, relief and attractions. (PAT59, $14.95)
	The Last Time Around Cape Horn, The Historic 1949 Voyage of the Windjammer Pamir • William F. Stark • Peter Stark • HISTORY • The unstinting memoir of the then 22-year-old rookie aboard the famous windjammer Pamir. (PAT69, $13.00)
	Latin American Art • John F. Scott • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A popular survey of the arts in Latin America. (SAM33, $29.95)
	A Lexicon of Terror, Argentina and the Legacies of Torture • Marguerite Feitlowitz • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A scholarly, emotional account of Argentina's "Dirty War, " the product of extensive interviews with victims, survivors and citizens. (ARG27, $19.95)
	Liberators, Latin America's Struggle for Independence 1810-1830 • Robert Harvey • HISTORY • An epic history of colonial Latin America, focused on the heroism and derring-do of seven legendary men, including Simon Bolivar and General Jose de San Martin, in the fight for independence from Spain. (SAM35, $18.95)
	Lonely Planet Argentina • Lonely Planet • Danny Palmerlee • GUIDEBOOK • In its hallmark style, this practical guide to Argentina by Lonely Planet features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accomodations and sightseeing. (ARG11, $25.99)
	Lonely Planet Buenos Aires • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • An excellent practical guide to Buenos Aires with a pullout map and detailed practical information on neighborhoods, shopping, eating, sleeping and day trips out of the city. (ARG10, $18.99)
	Lonely Planet Chile • Wayne Bernhardson • GUIDEBOOK • This practical guide includes a chapter on Easter Island in addition to a comprehensive overview of Chile, its history and culture. (CHI04, $24.99)
	Lonely Planet Rio de Janeiro • Regis St. Louis • GUIDEBOOK • This practical guide to the Brazilian city features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information (BZL19, $19.99)
	Lonely Planet South America on a Shoestring • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, detailed practical guide to traveling in South America. (SAM44, $33.99)
	Los Glaciares National Park • Zagier & Urruty Maps • A colorful map of the popular areas of Parque Nacional Los Glaciares at a scale of 1:230,000, providing an overview of the area and highlighting points of interest. (PAT58, $14.95)
	Magical Sites, Women Travelers in 19th Century Latin America • Marjorie Agosin • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A lively treasury of accounts written by women --from French nuns to upper-crust Europeans --who traveled across Latin America in the 19th century . (SAM29, $17.00)
	Mammals of the Neotropics: The Southern Cone, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay • John F. Eisenberg • Kent H. Redford • REFERENCE • Organized taxonomically, this thorough volume of species accounts includes external measurements, physical descriptions, geographical distribution, and information on their habitats. (SAM14, $65.00)
	Master and Commander, The Far Side of the World • Peter Weir • LITERATURE • Russell Crowe stars in this adaptation of two Patrick O'Brian novels, a swashbuckling adventure set off the coast of Cape Horn in 1805. (GPS66, $39.98)
	Modern Latin America • Thomas E. Skidmore • Peter Smith • HISTORY • A succinct history of 20th-century Latin America that examines the politics, economy and people of Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Cuba, Central America and the Caribbean. (SAM23, $54.95)
	The Moon by Whalelight and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodiles, and Whales • Diane Ackerman • NATURAL HISTORY • Delightful essays combining anecdote, observation and natural history, featuring a long chapter on Roger Payne and his work on the right whales of Peninsula Valdes. (PAT03, $14.95)
	The Motorcycle Diaries, Notes on a Latin American Journey • Ann Wright • Ernesto Che Guevara • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The adventures of the 23-year-old Ernesto "Che" Guevara, as he wanders through South America in 1952 with his companion Alberto Granado, before he became a famed revolutionary. (SAM20, $14.95)
	Mountaineering in Patagonia • Alan Kearney • GUIDEBOOK • A history and personal account of climbing in the Patagonian Andes. (PAT18, $22.95)
	My Invented Country, A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile • Isabel Allende • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Novelist Allende ruminates on her upbringing in Chile, interweaving memories of South America with her feelings for the United States, where she has lived since the assassination of her uncle, Chilean president Salvador Allende, on September 11, 1973. (CHI52, $13.95)
	My Old Man and the Sea: A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn • David Hays • Daniel Hays • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A father and son sail 17,000 miles to Cape Horn in a small homemade boat. (OCE50, $13.00)
	The Mystery of Capital, Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else • Hernando De Soto • HISTORY • (GEN370, $16.95)
	Natural Patagonia, Argentina and Chile • Marcelo D. Beccaceci • NATURAL HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • An informative, photographic journey through the breathtaking landscapes and wildlife of Patagonia, featuring 120 color photographs, presented in Spanish and English. (PAT22, $24.95)
	The Naturalist In La Plata • W.H. Hudson • NATURAL HISTORY • A loving, leisurely natural history of Hudson's adopted homeland. (ARG24, $8.95)
	The Nature of Penguins • Jonathan Chester • NATURAL HISTORY • Expedition leader, author and photographer Chester presents a beautiful collection of full-color penguin photographs along with accompanying essays on these much-loved birds. (ANT19, $17.95)
	A Neotropical Companion • J.C. Kricher • Mark Plotkin • NATURAL HISTORY • A tropical primer aimed at the motivated general reader. From plants and animals to birds and bugs, it's all here in this wonderfully written overview of the ecology, habitats, plants and animals of Central and South America. (GPS11, $29.95)
	The Nixon Administration And The Death Of Allende's Chile, A Case Of Assisted Suicide • Jonathan Haslam • HISTORY • (CHI69, $23.00)
	Northern Argentina and Uruguay Map • Nelles • A detailed map of northern Argentina (including Uruguay) with good topographic relief. (ARG36, $10.95)
	The Old Patagonian Express • Paul Theroux • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Combining history, anecdote and acutely observed detail on people and place, Theroux begins his journey on a Boston subway car and works his way south via rail, plane and truck to the Patagonian railroad in this enthralling narrative. (PAT08, $15.95)
	The Other Path, The Economic Answer to Terrorism • Hernando De Soto • HISTORY • (GEN369, $16.00)
	The Pampas and the Andes, A Thousand Miles' Walk Across South America • Nathaniel Bishop • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The 19th-century travels of a 17-year-old budding naturalist. (SAM57, $15.95)
	Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego Map • Auto Mapa • Beautifully detailed, this bestselling physical relief map shows Tierra del Fuego at a scale of 1:1,000,000 scale with an overview of southern South America, the Valdes Peninsula and national parks along with street plans for Ushuaia, Río Gallegos, Puerto Madryn, Bariloche, Trelew and Comodoro Rivadavia. (PAT07, $14.95)
	Patagonia, The Last Wilderness • Daniel Rivademar • NATURAL HISTORY • An illustrated portrait of Patagonia, featuring gorgeous color photographs and brief accompanying text on the natural history of the region. (PAT20, $39.95)
	Pimsleur Quick & Simple Spanish • Pimsleur Language Method • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Spanish, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. (SPN257, $19.95)
	Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number • Jacobo Timerman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An Argentine newspaperman's classic account of his imprisonment and torture at the hands of the military junta. (ARG19, $11.00)
	The Purple Land • W.H. Hudson • LITERATURE • Originally published in 1885, Hudson's first novel stars not coincidentally, a young Englishman at large in South America. (SAM58, $22.95)
	Residence on Earth • Pablo Neruda • Donald D. Walsh • Jim Harrison • LITERATURE • A classic anthology in a bilingual edition, re-published in 2004 to coincide with the centennial of the great poet's birth. (CHI61, $14.95)
	Santa Evita • Tomas Eloy Martinez • Helen Lane • LITERATURE • This riveting tale of the life -- and afterlife -- of Eva Duarte springs from actual events in Argentina in the 1950s, including the peregrinations of a perfectly preserved corpse. (ARG22, $15.00)
	Say It in Portuguese, Brazilian Usage • Alexander Prista • Francisco Da Costa • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A handy, palm-size phrasebook for travelers with 1,100 useful words and expressions. It provides the English phrase, Portuguese equivalent and transliteration. (BZL37, $4.95)
	Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide • Peter Harrison • FIELD GUIDE • OUT OF PRINT • A definitive, compact guide to all the world's seabirds, featuring 740 photographs. (FG16, $29.95)
	Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest • Matthew Restall • HISTORY • In this provocative book, Restall tackles Columbus, Cortes, Pizarro and the misconceptions surrounding them. The conquisadores most certainly did not conquer the Americas with a handful of men, nor were they received as gods. (SAM52, $19.99)
	Smithsonian Handbook: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises • Mark Carwardine • FIELD GUIDE • In the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style, this sturdy guidebook colorfully describes the world's cetaceans with numerous illustrations, range maps, fluke drawings and a few paragraphs on each species. (FG02, $20.00)
	Soldiers in a Narrow Land, The Pinochet Regime in Chile • Mary Helen Spooner • HISTORY • A history of Chile under Pinochet (1973-1988) based on wide-ranging interviews with ordinary people, military men and opposition leaders. It's a balanced account, documenting the censorship and violence but also the appeal of the dictatorship. (CHI25, $25.95)
	The Soul of Latin America, The Cultural and Political Tradition • Howard J. Wiarda • HISTORY • A sweeping political history of Latin America with a focus on the traditions that sets Latin America apart from the United States. (SAM85, $24.00)
	Southern Argentina Map • Nelles • A detailed map of southern Argentina. (ARG37, $10.95)
	Southern Night Sky • Pocket Naturalist • FIELD GUIDE • A glow in the dark laminated card showing the most conspicuous stars, constellations and celestial objects of the Southern Hemisphere. (SCI30, $5.95)
	Southern South America Map • ITMB • A handsome physical map showing the southern half of South America. At a scale of 1:2,800,000. (SAM04, $9.95)
	Spanish, Start Speaking Today! (Cassette Tapes) • Educational Services Corporation • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A 90-minute crash course in Spanish featured in two audio tapes and a phrasebook. (SPN140, $21.95)
	Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas • Ronald Wright • HISTORY • A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account. (NAM20, $17.00)
	Tasting Chile, A Celebration of Authentic Chilean Foods and Wines • Daniel Joelson • FOOD • With recipes from restaurants and home chefs across Chile, this compilation is a great introduction to Chilean cuisine, and an excellent resource for anyone interested in trying out Chilean traditional dishes at home. Includes information on pairing wines with dishes, and a basic overview of wine producers and varieties in Chile. (CHI64, $24.95)
	Tierra Del Fuego Map • ITMB • A convenient map of all Tierra del Fuego for the traveler at a scale of 1:750,000. (PAT19, $9.95)
	Traveling with Che Guevara, The Making of a Revolutionary • Alberto Granado • Lucia Alvarez de Toledo • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Granado's classic account of his travels with Che Guevara via motorbike through Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela. (SAM68, $14.95)
	Trekking and Climbing in the Andes • Val Pitkethly • Kate Harper • GUIDEBOOK • A compact guide to treks and climbs in the Andes, including Torres del Paine, Fitzroy, The Inca Trail, Cordillera Huayhuash and Cotopaxi. (AND34, $20.00)
	Trekking in the Patagonian Andes • Clem Lindenmayer • GUIDEBOOK • This convenient guide features trail maps and route descriptions of walks throughout Patagonia, including a long sections on Torres del Paine in Chile and Glacier National Park in Argentina. With detailed practical information, color photography, 31 maps and good background on preparing for your trek. (PAT12, $19.99)
	Tropical Nature • Adrian Forsyth • Ken Miyata • NATURAL HISTORY • BEST SELLER • FAVORITE • A lively, lucid portrait of the tropics as seen by two uncommonly observant and thoughtful field biologists. Its 17 marvelous essays introduce the habitats, ecology, plants and animals of the Central and South American rainforest. (GPS13, $14.00)
	Tschiffely's Ride • Aime Tschiffely • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The classic, richly told tale of people, places and adventures from Buenos Aires to Washington D.C. on horseback. (SAM45, $24.95)
	Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry, A Bilingual Anthology • Stephen Tapscott • LITERATURE • A scholarly anthology of 400 poems, presented in the original language (Spanish or Portuguese) and English. Selections include poems from Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges. (SAM28, $27.95)
	Two Years Before the Mast • Richard H. Dana • EXPLORATION • The visceral, gripping account of life at sea during an 1838 voyage from Boston to California that took seaman Richard H. Dana around Cape Horn. (PAT06, $13.00)
	Usborne Flashcard Spanish • Jo Litchfield • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) • A standard playing card-size deck of 50 nicely illustrated flashcards geared for younger children. Each card features a colorful illustration with the Spanish word on the reverse. (GEN203, $8.99)
	Utopia Unarmed, The Latin American Left After the Cold War • Jorge Castaneda • HISTORY • (SAM87, $19.00)
	Volcanoes, Fire From the Earth • Maurice Krafft • NATURAL HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • This illustrated pocket encyclopedia in the Discoveries series, featuring hundreds of full color paintings, traces the study of volcanoes from early myth and legend to modern science. By the great French volcanologist (who died on the job on Mount Unzen in Japan in 1992). (GEO06, $12.95)
	Voyage of the Beagle • Charles Darwin • EXPLORATION • BEST SELLER • FAVORITE • The wide-eyed tale of a young man on a five-year voyage that changed his life -- and our way of thinking about the world. First published in 1839, it's still a marvelous introduction to the wildlife, nature and allure of South America. (GPS02, $12.95)
	Voyaging, Southward from the Strait of Magellan • Rockwell Kent • EXPLORATION • An illustrated account of Rockwell's foolhardy voyage with a madman through magnificent Tierra del Fuego in a jury-rigged lifeboat. Both the text and striking woodcut illustrations communicate this dangerous landscape's dynamic character. (CHI29, $19.95)
	What Am I Doing Here? • Bruce Chatwin • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A delightful collection of essays by one of our favorite travel writers, capturing the allure of the land and its wildlife and history. Includes a great chapter on his visit to Chiloe Island. (PAT02, $16.00)
	Where to Watch Birds in South America • Nigel Wheatley • NATURAL HISTORY • A compact practical guide to birdwatching sites throughout South America, including checklists. (SAM40, $24.95)
	The Wines of Argentina, Chile and Latin America • Christopher Fielden • FOOD • A thorough introduction to each of the wine-producing countries of Central and South America, featuring information about the history of wine production in each region, and an overview of wine varieties and producers. (SAM81, $20.00)
	Yanomami, The Fierce Controversy and What We Might Learn from It • Robert Borofsky • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A study of the controversy surrounding anthropological studies of the Yanomami. (SAM67, $22.95)

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